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Fedora 25: 2017-96b7f4f53e Moderate: Bind99 DNS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2017
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A security patch for Fedora 25 resolves vulnerabilities in bind99, improving both system reliability and efficiency.
Security fix for CVE-2017-3135 (unaffected), fixes regression made by CVE-2016-8864

Summary

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS

(Domain Name System) protocols. This package set contains only export

version of BIND libraries, that are used for building ISC DHCP.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2017-3135 (unaffected), fixes regression made by CVE-2016-8864

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora bind DNS

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1420193 - CVE-2017-3135 bind: Assertion failure when using DNS64 and RPZ Can Lead to Crash https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420193

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade bind99' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: bind99
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 9.9.9
Release: 4.P6.fc25
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora bind DNS

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